Chambers Hall | Evanston, IL
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Transportation Center Fellows
The Northwestern University Transportation Center Fellows program recognizes impactful contributions to the transportation profession in research, policy, practice or education, and special connections to the Transportation Center and Northwestern University.
Organizing Committee – Inaugural TC Fellows
John T. Gray II | Former Senior Vice President – Policy and Economics| Association of American Railroads
Patricia L. Mokhtarian | Clifford and William Greene, Jr. Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Georgia Institute of Technology
Neil Pedersen | Former Executive Director | Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
Robert Peskin | Senior Consulting Manager | AECOM
Steven Polzin | Research Professor, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering | Arizona State University
Justin Zubrod | Managing Partner | Justin Zubrod & Co. University
Northwestern University Transportation Center
Breton Johnson | Sr. Associate Director | NUTC
Hani Mahmassani | William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation; Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, NUTC
Joseph Schofer | Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Northwestern
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
9:30 AM 9:45 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Hani Mahmassani | William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation; Director, Northwestern University Transportation Center (NUTC)
Joseph Schofer | Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Northwestern
TC Fellows Presentations on Critical Issues
Robert Peskin | Senior Consulting Manager, AECOM
Patricia L. Mokhtarian | Clifford and William Greene, Jr. Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Steven Polzin | Research Professor, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University
11:00 AM
Panel Discussion with TC Fellows
Panel Discussion with TC Fellows Moderated by Joseph Schofer
11:45 AM
12:15 PM
Hani Mahmassani, NUTC Director: Induction of 2025 Class of NUTC Fellows
Adjourn
